Winthrop's Diabetes Education Center Celebrates Grand Opening of New, Larger Facility


Vol. 16, No. 1
Winter 2006

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    • Richard J. Nicolello, Nassau County Legislature (left), and Angelo Ferrara, Councilman, Town of North Hempstead (right), presented Virginia Peragallo-Dittko, APRN, Director, Diabetes Education Center, Winthrop (center), with citations recognizing the extraordinary support the Center has offered the community.
    Winthrop's Diabetes Education Center recently opened its new, expanded facility at 163 Mineola Boulevard, only a few blocks from where the Center was originally established in 1979. The new facility houses a larger, modern classroom that comfortably seats patients taking part in a variety of services the Center offers, including group education classes, refresher courses and individual meetings with dietitians.

    "Self-management education plays a pivotal role in empowering people with diabetes to change behavior. However the management of diabetes requires learning complex information and new skills," said Virginia Peragallo-Dittko, APRN, Director, Diabetes Education Center, Winthrop. "The new facility allows our staff of nurses and dietitians to use a variety of resources that make complex concepts understandable and support healthful choices."

    The Center serves adults and children with diabetes and offers the only free support groups for children with diabetes. The support groups are open to all families of children with diabetes who receive treatment anywhere in Nassau, Suffolk or Queens.

    For more information about the program, call (516) 663-2350.


    (L-R) Marina Moore, Administrative Assistant, Diabetes Education Center, Winthrop;
    Richard J. Nicolello, Nassau County Legislature; John DaVanzo, Trustee, Village of Mineola; Angelo Ferrara, Councilman, Town of North Hempstead; Patrick Long, Chairman of the Board, Winthrop; Daniel P. Walsh, President and Chief Executive Officer, Winthrop; Virginia Peragallo-Dittko, APRN, Director, Diabetes Education Center, Winthrop; John Aloia, MD, Chief Academic Officer, Winthrop; Michael Niederman, MD, Chairman, Department of Medicine, Winthrop; Paul Whalen, Assistant Vice President, Medical Services, Winthrop; Margaret Marinelli, MS, RD, CDN, CDE, Diabetes Nutrition Specialist, Winthrop.


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